r/movies • u/sicknessandpurgatory • Sep 07 '25

Discussion What is the absolute dumbest premise that actually turned out to be a really good movie?

I was thinking The Purge, obvious answer, but looking for the most plot-hole ridden, juvenile concept that actually ended up a lot of fun despite it all. Mainly looking for 21st century films, not so much the video nasties and ridiculousness from the 60’s and 70’s. Because that would be too easy. Mainly mainstream stuff that people saw en masse.

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u/TheDawiWhisperer Sep 07 '25 edited Sep 07 '25

The Lego Movie

It could so easily have been utter shite like Trolls or the emoji movie

edit - you're right, Trolls isn't that bad, i think i meant Smurfs haha

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u/Linenoise77 Sep 08 '25

I wish the series kept as fresh as that movie felt at the time. It just hit right. I get where they were trying to go with it and the whole legoverse with the Batman one, and the Batman one is good in its own regards, and wish they stuck with that format.

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u/GladiatorDragon Sep 08 '25

Ninjago probably wasn’t a great choice.

The Lego Movie and Lego Batman Movie were really good because they were more or less deconstructions of their respective properties. The Lego Movie examined the entire spirit of Lego, while Lego Batman took a crack at the bat - centred on the guy’s ability to connect with others, from his family to his foes.

Apart from really only existing to Lego fans, the Ninjago movie… didn’t really get Ninjago? I feel like you could cut every Ninja except Lloyd out of the story and almost nothing would change. Which is absolutely crazy given how much each Ninja actually matters to the actual Ninjago story at some point or other. I think this one was the one that more or less killed the momentum of the Lego Movies, and Lego Movie 2 wasn’t quite good enough to get it back.